Verleden G, Verschakelen J, Deneffe G, Demedts M
Clinic for Lung Diseases, University Hospital, Pellenberg, Belgium.
Eur Respir J. 1988 Dec;1(10):962-5.
We present a patient with a type III congenital broncho-oesophageal fistula and a connection between the systemic and the pulmonary circulation. The congenital fistula caused chronic bronchopulmonary suppuration with bronchiectasis which in turn was the cause of a left-to-right shunt, probably through multiple precapillary or capillary anastomoses.
